Radio-opaque punctate opacities on the chest radiograph following intravenous injection of a bismuth compound.

Autor: Addrizzo-Harris, Doreen J., Churg, Andrew, Rom, William N., Addrizzo-Harris, D J, Churg, A, Rom, W N
Zdroj: Thorax; Mar1997, Vol. 52 Issue 3, p303-304, 2p
Abstrakt: The case history is described of a patient who presented with small rounded punctate metallic opacities widely dispersed on the chest radiograph with accumulation of metallic particles in the right ventricle. Energy dispersive x ray spectroscopy of alveolar macrophages identified a major predominant peak as bismuth. The patient had been injected with a health tonic in Honduras two years earlier. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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